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Hans Blix Chairman, Commission on Weapons of IVIass Destruction Friday A.pril 23, 2004 8:00 p.m. Rudder Auditorium Wednesday, April 21, 2004 m T «E BATIiJ Einstein’s satellit NASA launches new satellite to test Albert Einstein’s prediction Tickets on sale at the IVT SC Box Office (979)845-1234 or (888)890-5667 WILEY LECTURE SERIES M fmohiai Student Center Bringing the World to Texas ^ASclYl since 1983 For further program information, call (079)845-1314 or visit http://wiley.tamu.edu By Andrew Bridges THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — NASA on Tuesday launched a $750 million satellite conceived dur ing the Eisenhower administra tion to test two of Albert Einstein’s fundamental predic tions about the universe. The Gravity Probe B satellite blasted off from an Oceanside pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:57 a.m. PDT. The launch, aboard a Delta II rocket, came one day after officials scrubbed an earlier attempt. The satellite was to sepa rate from the rocket and begin its 18-month mission 75 min utes after liftoff. The launch of the 6,800- pound, Lockheed Martin Corp.-built spacecraft marked the end of the longest develop ment period of any mission in the history of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientists first proposed what became Gravity Probe B in 1959, a year after the launch of the first American satellite and the creation of NASA. Over the decades, it weathered more than a half- dozen attempts at cancellation amid concerns over cost over runs and technical hurdles. The Earth-orbiting satellite was built to test two of Einstein’s predictionsa nature of space andtime.s how the rotating Earths? and twists the fabric thaita bines the two. Scientists at! University designed thes; craft around four sphetesj quartz the size of pin^ balls. They are the i feet spheres ever made. Theory predicts that 11 ing up the satellite iiup ; .;[ with a distant star a the balls spinning, tneiij ment should shift offkilul small but measurablea in response to the mass* rotation of the Earth. Nichols on trial )udge to allow testimony from Fork By Tim Talley THE ASSOCIATED PRESS U McALESTER. Okla. — The prosecution’s star witness in the Terry Nichols murder trial began testifying Tuesday after a judge allowed him to discuss the alleged conspiracy between Nichols and Timothy McVeigh to bomb the Oklahoma City federal building. Michael Fortier’s testimony focused on how he. Nichols and McVeigh met as Army buddies stationed together at Fort Riley, Kan. Two years after Fortier left the Army. McVeigh showed up unannounced at his home in Kingman. Ariz.. shortly after the April 19. 1993, government raid at the Branch Davidian com pound in Waco, Texas, in which about 80 people died. McVeigh was upset over the raid. “He was speaking about the fire that had occurred in Waco, Texas,” Fortier said. “He was excited and angry about it.” The Oklahoma City bombing came exactly two years after the raid, and prosecutors say it was a twisted attempt at revenge. Nichols’ attorneys had asked the judge to prohibit conspiracy He was speak ing about the fire that had occurred in Waco, Texas. He was excited and angry about it. — Michael Fortier, friend of Nichols and McVeigh, on Nichols' behavior under heavy security Tuesday. In a hearing after the jury was senltiOE| Monday, attorneys for Nichols claimedik prosecution is w ithholding evidencettuiD: cial to his defense. Federal law enforcement authoritiesle at the hearing that the material Nichols’! are seeking may not exist. Chief among evidence the defensesaysiil wants handed over is purported secunt)vi footage of the attack that suggests Mcieitfc may have had accomplices at the scene In a 90-page motieolil week, the attorneysisieJtlie judge to dismiss firsts murder charges against^ because prosecutors have ; attempts to obtain evident McVeigh’s connection other co-conspirators. Current and former FBli Secret Service agents tesi] that the existence of suclie l dence is purely specutoe “There is no such tape.'J Jon Hers ley, a retired FBI 23 who was a primary investfi] the April 19,1995,1 the Oklahoma City federal! ing. which killed 168peo| Taylor was to rule on testimony from Fortier because he wasn’t charged as a conspirator. Judge Steven Taylor said evidence in Nichols’ trial indicates there was a conspiracy between McVeigh and Nichols. He also said that previous federal testimony from Fortier indicates he was part of that conspiracy. Fortier, serving 12 years in prison for know ing about the bombing plot, but not telling authorities, was brought to the courthouse Nichols’ motion Tuesday night. Nichols and McVeigh were convicieM eral charges for the deaths of eight feW I agents in the April 19, 1995, bombing of Alfred R Murrah building. McVeigh waits cuted in 2001 and Nichols was sent top®! for life. Nichols, 49, faces 161 state murder<4 for the other victims and a fetus of one o'J| victims. 4 high class living for a high class university. coming augtf www.warehouseapartmeitf j 1st. Annual m annonBAl—L. 1 I SM FRuns'atA WalH Cet- A Cr-ifj On Test-icular- Cancer! This event is a 5K run & 3K walk around the Texas A&M University campus in which all of the proceeds and donations go to testicular cancer research. Date of the Race: April 24, 2004 Pre-Registration is from April 5-23 Race Day Registration starts @ 7:15 am Time: Race starts @ 8:00 am Entry Fees: Before April 24: $12 Day Of The Race: $15 T1 |ly al fexa late lexa )rati iwhih ^ere lad j Tl |l2)k *ig helpe iefic P. Mi jne | share after lies, aatc xittii Itheir '1 said Cleir all th T< vas aress Iwhic aour Tl Irival,' I beau Icrow' Irecor I know (large: land tl I Mitel "I [Kleir enoui suppi Registration forms for the race can be: 1) Picked up from the Health Education office, Room 008, in the basement of the A.P. Beutel HealthC’ 2) Printed off of the Health Education webpage ( For more information, please call 847-8910 The CannonBALL Run is hosted by Texes A&M University Student Health Services, Health Education and Kapfi*-